San Clemente hosts O.C.'s first HeartChase

Orange County's first HeartChase fundraiser for the American Heart Association, inspired by the reality game show &#8220;The Amazing Race,&#8221; will be Saturday in San Clemente. COURTESY OF SAN CLEMENTE HEARTCHASE

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When: Event opens at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, with the competition from 10 a.m. to noon

What do you get when you mix the surfside city of San Clemente, the TV reality game show "The Amazing Race" and a charitable cause? A competition called HeartChase, an American Heart Association fundraiser coming to San Clemente Presbyterian Church on Saturday. It's the first HeartChase held in Orange County.

Guided by the HeartChase smartphone application, teams of two to five players will travel by foot to various checkpoints, where they will try to complete physical and educational challenges in the shortest time possible. Emcees will be Chip and Kim McAllister, winners of Season 5 of "The Amazing Race."

Participants are asked to raise at least $50 per person.

Saturday's fundraiser is in honor of San Clemente restaurateur and philanthropist Tony Carbonara, who died in January.

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